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James Sherman Mullins

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James Sherman Mullins

Birth
Wise County, Virginia, USA
Death
8 Aug 1926 (aged 59)
Dickenson County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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James Sherman was a son of Isaac & Elizabeth Mullins. He married Cordelia Ann Culbertson, daughter of James M Culbertson and Mary Ann Ramsey, on July 26, 1888 in Wise County, VA. James Mullins was a Prohibition Inspector for the state.

Children of James and Cordelia (Culbertson) Mullins:
1. Maude, b. 1889
2. Lake (female), b. 1890 (m. 17 Dec 1913 Wise Co VA to Jerry Sanders)
3. Cowan, b. about 1892 (m. 12 Mar 1935 Wise Co VA to Samantha Mullins)
4. Stella, b. about 1894 VA
5. Jetty, b. about 1896
6. James C., b. about 1898
7. Theodore, b. about 1900
8. Bell, b. about 1901
9. Manilla, b. 1904
10. Elsworth, b. about 1905
11. Helen, b. 1908
12. Snoda E., b. 1910
13. Mars L., b. 1914

Bio written by: Debby Haase McLean, a great-grand niece.

James was killed while trying to serve a warrant on Sheriff Fleming for making and selling moonshine. The story is on the Appalachian History Site:
http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2013/10/descendant-sets-1926-clintwood-courthouse-shootout-story-right.html

In the shoot out, Mullins killed Fleming but died from a bullet fired from Fleming's gun. Mullins' name is among 19,000 officers who died in the line of duty on the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
(Additional info added by MamaHicks #47057952)
James Sherman was a son of Isaac & Elizabeth Mullins. He married Cordelia Ann Culbertson, daughter of James M Culbertson and Mary Ann Ramsey, on July 26, 1888 in Wise County, VA. James Mullins was a Prohibition Inspector for the state.

Children of James and Cordelia (Culbertson) Mullins:
1. Maude, b. 1889
2. Lake (female), b. 1890 (m. 17 Dec 1913 Wise Co VA to Jerry Sanders)
3. Cowan, b. about 1892 (m. 12 Mar 1935 Wise Co VA to Samantha Mullins)
4. Stella, b. about 1894 VA
5. Jetty, b. about 1896
6. James C., b. about 1898
7. Theodore, b. about 1900
8. Bell, b. about 1901
9. Manilla, b. 1904
10. Elsworth, b. about 1905
11. Helen, b. 1908
12. Snoda E., b. 1910
13. Mars L., b. 1914

Bio written by: Debby Haase McLean, a great-grand niece.

James was killed while trying to serve a warrant on Sheriff Fleming for making and selling moonshine. The story is on the Appalachian History Site:
http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2013/10/descendant-sets-1926-clintwood-courthouse-shootout-story-right.html

In the shoot out, Mullins killed Fleming but died from a bullet fired from Fleming's gun. Mullins' name is among 19,000 officers who died in the line of duty on the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
(Additional info added by MamaHicks #47057952)

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